Keep regional information up to date

You can use the Merchant API to keep regional information for your online products up to date. This includes updating price and availability, and removing regions a product is no longer sold in.

If you're an ecommerce platform, you can use the Merchant API to create an interface where your merchants can update the regional pricing and availability of their products.

Update price and availability by region

Use regionalInventories.insert to update regional information for a product. This call replaces the full RegionalInventory resource, so make sure you include all fields. See Add regional information to online products for a code sample and more details.

View your existing regions

This section explains how to view the regions associated with a product or account.

By product

Use regionalInventories.list to list all the regional inventories connected to a specific product in your account. Use the region field to identify the region each regional inventory refers to.

Here's a sample you can use to list regional inventories for a product:

Java

  public static void listRegionalInventories(Config config, String productId) throws Exception {
    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    RegionalInventoryServiceSettings regionalInventoryServiceSettings =
        RegionalInventoryServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    String parent = getParent(config.getMerchantId().toString(), productId);

    try (RegionalInventoryServiceClient regionalInventoryServiceClient =
        RegionalInventoryServiceClient.create(regionalInventoryServiceSettings)) {

      //  The parent product has the format: accounts/{account}/products/{product}
      ListRegionalInventoriesRequest request =
          ListRegionalInventoriesRequest.newBuilder().setParent(parent).build();

      System.out.println("Sending list regional inventory request:");
      ListRegionalInventoriesPagedResponse response =
          regionalInventoryServiceClient.listRegionalInventories(request);

      int count = 0;

      // Iterates over all rows in all pages and prints the regional inventory
      // in each row.
      for (RegionalInventory element : response.iterateAll()) {
        System.out.println(element);
        count++;
      }
      System.out.print("The following count of elements were returned: ");
      System.out.println(count);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }ListRegionalInventoriesSample.java

cURL

  curl --location
  'https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1beta/accounts/987654321/products/en~US~12345/regionalInventories' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer &lt;API_TOKEN&gt;'

PHP

class ListRegionalInventories
{

    // ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID for the sample to
    // work.
    private const PARENT = 'accounts/[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]/products/[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]';

    /**
     * Lists all the regional inventories of a given product.
     *
     * @param string $parent The `name` of the parent product to list `RegionalInventory`
     *     resources for.
     *     Format: `accounts/{account}/products/{product}`
     */
    function listRegionalInventoriesSample(string $parent): void
    {
        // Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
        $credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();

        // Creates options config containing credentials for the client to use.
        $options = ['credentials' => $credentials];

        // Creates a client.
        $regionalInventoryServiceClient = new RegionalInventoryServiceClient($options);

        // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
        try {
            // Page size is set to the default value. If you are returned more
            // responses than your page size, this code will automatically
            // re-call the service with the `pageToken` until all responses
            // are returned.
            $parameters = ['pageSize' => 25000];

            /** @var PagedListResponse $response */
            $response =
                $regionalInventoryServiceClient->listRegionalInventories($parent, $parameters);

            /** @var RegionalInventory $element */
            foreach ($response as $element) {
                printf('RegionalInventory data: %s%s', $element->serializeToJsonString(), PHP_EOL);
            }
        } catch (ApiException $ex) {
            printf('Call failed with message: %s%s', $ex->getMessage(), PHP_EOL);
        }
    }

    // Helper to execute the sample.
    function callSample(): void
    {
        // Lists all the regional inventories of the parent product.
        $this->listRegionalInventoriesSample($this::PARENT);
    }
}ListRegionalInventories.php

Python

from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_inventories_v1beta

# ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID for the sample to
# work.
_ACCOUNT = "[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]"
_PRODUCT = "[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]"
_PARENT = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}/products/{_PRODUCT}"


def list_regional_inventories():
  """Lists the `RegionalInventory` resources for the given product.

  The response might contain fewer items than specified by
  `pageSize`. If `pageToken` was returned in previous request, it can be
  used to obtain additional results.

  `RegionalInventory` resources are listed per product for a given account.
  """

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_inventories_v1beta.RegionalInventoryServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials)

  # Creates the request.
  # Page size is set to the default value.
  request = merchant_inventories_v1beta.ListRegionalInventoriesRequest(
      parent=_PARENT,
      page_size=25000
  )

  try:
    # Makes the request and catch and print any error messages.
    # If you are returned more responses than your page size, this code
    # will automatically re-call the service with the `pageToken` until all
    # responses are returned.
    page_result = client.list_regional_inventories(request=request)

    # Print the response.
    for response in page_result:
      print(response)

  except Exception as e:
    print("List failed")
    print(e)
list_regional_inventories.py

By account

You can use the regions.list method in the Content API for Shopping to view all the regions for your account.

Remove regions

Here's how to remove regions you no longer sell products in.

From products

If a product is no longer sold in a specific region, you should remove that regional inventory information from the product. You can use regionalInventories.delete to remove a specific regional inventory entry from a product.

Here's a sample you can use to remove a regional inventory entry from a product:

Java

  public static void deleteRegionalInventory(Config config, String productId, String regionId)
      throws Exception {
    // TODO(brothman): Please add more line comments to explain what each significant step is doing.
    // For example:
    // Obtains OAuth tokens based on the configuration.
    // Creates service settings using the credentials above. Etc

    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    RegionalInventoryServiceSettings regionalInventoryServiceSettings =
        RegionalInventoryServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    String name =
        RegionalInventoryName.newBuilder()
            .setAccount(config.getMerchantId().toString())
            .setProduct(productId)
            .setRegion(regionId)
            .build()
            .toString();

    try (RegionalInventoryServiceClient regionalInventoryServiceClient =
        RegionalInventoryServiceClient.create(regionalInventoryServiceSettings)) {
      DeleteRegionalInventoryRequest request =
          DeleteRegionalInventoryRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).build();

      System.out.println("Sending deleteRegionalInventory request");
      regionalInventoryServiceClient.deleteRegionalInventory(
          request); // no response returned on success
      System.out.println(
          "Delete successful, note that it may take up to 30 minutes for the delete to update in"
              + " the system.");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }DeleteRegionalInventorySample.java

cURL

  curl --location --request DELETE
  'https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1beta/accounts/987654321/products/en~US~12345/regionalInventories/123456' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer &lt;API_TOKEN&gt;'

PHP

class DeleteRegionalInventory
{

    // ENSURE you fill in the merchant account, product, and region ID for the
    // sample to work.
    private const ACCOUNT = 'INSERT_ACCOUNT_ID_HERE';
    private const PRODUCT = 'INSERT_PRODUCT_ID_HERE';
    private const REGION = 'INSERT_REGION_ID_HERE';

    /**
     * Deletes a specific regional inventory of a given product.
     *
     * @param string $formattedName The name of the `RegionalInventory` resource
     * to delete.
     *     Format: `accounts/{account}/products/{product}/regionalInventories/{region}`
     *     Please see {@see RegionalInventoryServiceClient::regionalInventoryName()}
     *     for help formatting this field.
     */
    function deleteRegionalInventorySample(string $formattedName): void
    {
         // Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
         $credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();

         // Creates options config containing credentials for the client to use.
         $options = ['credentials' => $credentials];

         // Creates a client.
         $regionalInventoryServiceClient = new RegionalInventoryServiceClient($options);

         // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
         try {
             $regionalInventoryServiceClient->deleteRegionalInventory($formattedName);
             print 'Delete call completed successfully.' . PHP_EOL;
         } catch (ApiException $ex) {
             printf('Call failed with message: %s%s', $ex->getMessage(), PHP_EOL);
         }
    }

    /**
     * Helper to execute the sample.
     */
    function callSample(): void
    {
        // These variables are defined at the top of the file.
        $formattedName = RegionalInventoryServiceClient::regionalInventoryName(
            $this::ACCOUNT,
            $this::PRODUCT,
            $this::REGION
        );

        // Deletes the specific regional inventory of the parent product.
        $this->deleteRegionalInventorySample($formattedName);
    }
}DeleteRegionalInventory.php

Python

from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_inventories_v1beta

# ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID and region ID
# for the sample to work.
_ACCOUNT = "[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]"
_PRODUCT = "[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]"
_REGION = "[INSERT_REGION_HERE]"
_NAME = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}/products/{_PRODUCT}/regionalInventories/{_REGION}"


def delete_regional_inventory():
  """Deletes the specified `RegionalInventory` resource from the given product.

  It might take up to an hour for the `RegionalInventory` to be deleted
  from the specific product. Once you have received a successful delete
  response, wait for that period before attempting a delete again.
  """

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_inventories_v1beta.RegionalInventoryServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials)

  # Creates the request.
  request = merchant_inventories_v1beta.DeleteRegionalInventoryRequest(
      name=_NAME,
  )

  # Makes the request and catch and print any error messages.
  try:
    client.delete_regional_inventory(request=request)
    print("Delete successful")
  except Exception as e:
    print("Delete failed")
    print(e)delete_regional_inventory.py

It might take up to 30 minutes for a RegionalInventory entry to be removed from a product.

This call removes information for only the specified region, from only the specified product.

From accounts

You can use the regions.delete method in the Content API for Shopping to remove regions where you no longer sell your products from your entire merchant account.

Add regional inventory